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Heating and buildings in Denmark

Heating conditions, energy-efficiency improvements and the structure of the housing stock.

EUROSTAT · EU-SILC · CENSUS 2021
Unable to keep home warm4.5 %2025 · ilc_mdes01
Energy-efficiency improvement32.8 %2025 · ilc_lvhe08
District heating64.9 %2023 · ilc_lvhe01
Conventional dwellings3,071,9872021 · Census
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2025 · ILC_MDES01

Unable to keep home warm

Denmark : 4.5 % · EU-27 : 8.8 %

20142025
2023 · ILC_LVHE01

Heating-system breakdown

Central heating22.6 %
District heating64.9 %
Individual heating12.5 %
No fixed heating0.0 %
No heating0.1 %
2021 · CENSUS

Housing occupancy

Conventional dwellings3,071,987
Occupied2,666,250
Unoccupied405,73713.2 %
2025 · ILC_LVHE08

Energy-efficiency improvement

Denmark : 32.8 % · EU-27 : 23.8 %

EUROSTAT · OVERVIEW

Key reading note

Reference years differ by source: heating systems are measured in 2023, several housing-condition indicators in 2025, and housing-stock structure in Census 2021. Percentages from different blocks should therefore not be added together.

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